I'll play devil's advocate: I think the first two episodes are one leg. At the Pit Stop, Phil said to each of the teams "You're the Xth team to arrive", rather than "You're team number X", which we have all taken to mean that the leg is over. If I'm remembering correctly, the mid-point of the Beijing double-leg in TAR 14 was also explicitly called a Pit Stop, which it was not. Phil also told the teams that they were still racing. I'm probably not forming as coherent an argument as I would like, seeing as how I'm very tired from all the excitement, but just remember that just because Phil says something is a Pit Stop doesn't mean it is one! (Amazing Race Asia has done this numerous times.)

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I KNEW I had seen that guy before!! I LOVE they reused him!! Thanks BayBay!!

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

I KNEW I had seen that guy before!! I LOVE they reused him!! Thanks BayBay!!

I know I mentioned it in one of these threads immediately after the episode, but I do agree that I also thought it was great that WRP went out of their way to use him again. And it's 9 years almost 10 since he first appeared in season 2. I will never forget that leg as it was the Cha "shopping" leg that started in Hong Kong and ended in Sydney. (And that season is now available for purchase at Amazon on DVD. )

I KNEW I had seen that guy before!! I LOVE they reused him!! Thanks BayBay!!

I know I mentioned it in one of these threads immediately after the episode, but I do agree that I also thought it was great that WRP went out of their way to use him again. And it's 9 years almost 10 since he first appeared in season 2. I will never forget that leg as it was the Cha "shopping" leg that started in Hong Kong and ended in Sydney. (And that season is now available for purchase at Amazon on DVD. )

I recognized him right away because I've watched that 2-hour episode dozens of times. It's still one of my favorites, even with the double-length.

i just finished ep1. Phil did hand over the express pass to Gary and Mallory.

wiki is reliable at this point....

Wiki is never reliable since I can go on there right now and edit it to say that the first location was China, four teams were eliminated, and the show was canceled.

Incorrect! The page is now semi protected!!!!!

Ok.

That's actually a cool new feature. Unfortunately, they'll probably do that on political pages too, so it will only show one opinion.

There's a lot that goes behind the scenes at Wiki. Semi-protected stops vandalism from anonymous users, but flame wars can happen though. Check the discussion page for some interesting statements.Most political pages/biographies of living people are already semi-protected. The fans and the detractors, by clashing, somehow keep the page relatively neutral.